Update The Minister’s office confirmed that she will be viewing the Parade today and will meet a group of Irish American LGBT’s on Monday in the Consulate. The people she is meeting are from the St. Pat’s for All parade which takes place in Queens. Those who protest the Manhattan Parade exclusion from Irish Queers have not […]
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St. Patrick’s Day exclusion continues in New York
March 15th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Equality, Homophobia, Irish Politics, LGBT, Queer
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Not Our Debt
January 18th, 2012 · 7 Comments · Equality, Irish Politics, Recession, Social Policy
Launched today a new campaigning network of local and global justice organisations, Debt Justice Action. Next week we via our government are paying €1.25 billion in the latest payment of an unsecured Anglo bond. This will be followed by numerous other payments. Repayments not of home loans or debts that the general public ran up […]
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Diplomatic hypocrisy?
January 1st, 2012 · 7 Comments · Equality, Irish Politics
Today is the World Day of Peace, a Catholic celebration. Each year it is traditional for the Taoiseach to issue a statement on the day in response to the annual statement issued by the Pope. Frostiness or not in the relations between Ireland and the Vatican, Enda Kenny issued a statement this morning and indeed […]
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Equal Status, Disability and Bus Eireann
December 20th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Disability, Equality
A wheelchair user has won a Equal Status case against Bus Eireann. Karol Doherty submitted that the company should provide busses that were wheelchair accessible and that he should not have ascend the steps of the bus ‘on his bum’ or be carried up by a driver. Bus Eireann thought carrying up the steps or […]
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Next – Disability in Irish society
December 8th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Disability, Equality
So we have a pause… It may well be a permanent pause. However in case it isn’t and because there is so much reform needed in this area and because we have learnt that so many TD’s are so interested in the area of Disability (thank you) lets start a real discussion on this area. […]
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